After acquiring a M.Eng in Industrial Design at Chiba University, Japanese born artist Kentaro Fujioka moved to New York City to pursue a career in Fine Art. He studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League of New York. His main interest is to connect Art and Life by exploring possibilities of materials, both conventional and non-conventional. He currently lives and works in Long Island City, New York.

at the High Line, NYC

SOLO EXHIBITION

2012: Bicycle Drawing, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY

2011: Dichotomy of Life, The Nippon Gallery at The Nippon Club, New York, NY

2010: Solo Exhibition, Makari, New York, NY

        Values, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY

        Elements, Buchmann Tower, 680 5th Ave, New York, NY

2009: Reflections, SDI Gallery Space, Long Island City, NY 

        Locus of Momentum, hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY

2008: Colors in Destruction: Local Project, Long Island City, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012: Show #10: Your Face is a Landscape, Field Projects, New York, NY

2011: Fujioka, Lu and Tanaka, Illuminated Metropolis Gallery, New York, NY

2010: Illuminated Metropolis Exhibition, Marian Spore, Brooklyn, NY

        The Affordable Art Fair 2010, New York, NY

2009: Back2Japan, Baron Studios, New York, NY

        Group Exhibition, Ogilvy & Mather, 309 W 49th Street 10th fl., New York, NY

2008: Framing AIDS, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

Group show, Buchmann Tower, 680 5^th Ave, New York, NY

Java Studio Art Show, Java Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2007: Group show, Buchmann Tower, 680 5^th Ave, New York, NY

Java Studio Art Show, Java Studio, Brooklyn, New York

2006: Fusao, Bairro Arenes, Torres Vedras, Portugal

Java Studio Art Show, Java Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Grant Winners Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center New York, NY

2005: Fusion, Cofaran, Malaga, Spain

2004: Emerging Artists, Limner Gallery, New York, NY

2001: Group Show, Vintage Gallery, New York, NY

AWARDS

2006: Trudy and Henry Gillette Painting Merit Scholarship at the Art Students League of New York.

2004: Xavier Gonzalez and Ethel Edwards Travel Grant at the Art Students League of New York.

EDUCATION

2008: Prescribed Course of Study in Fine Arts Sculpture, The Art Students of New York, New York.

2004: Prescribed Course of Study in Fine Arts Painting, The Art Students of New York, New York.

1998: Master of Engineering (industrial design), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

1996: Bachelor of Engineering (industrial design), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.